2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games

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In March 2018 PyeongChang plays host to the Winter Paralympic Games. Here you'll find my photos for the entire adventure from beginning to end. The highs and lows of our athletes on their quest for Paralympic glory.

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To mark 100 days to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games the French team was presented to VIPs and the French Media at the Chalet De La Porte Jaune in Paris. The moment we were all waiting for, though, was to find out who the flag-bearer, at the games, would be....of course it was Marie Bochet!

The first press conference at Club France attended by the minister for Sport Laura Flessel, Alpine Skiing Paralympian Marie Bochet and Olympic Canoeist Tony Estanguet and, of course, members of the media.

Brrrrrr, it was very cold at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, but what a warm welcome we received from our Korean hosts! A spectacular light show, with traditional Korean cultural dance and of course the athlete's parade and lighting of the Paralympic Flame and fireworks (which I could only just about see from my photo-position!) Let the games begin!

The first Alpine Skiing discipline of PyeongChang 2018 to be disputed - the downhill. From our, the French, team Marie Bochet won Gold in the Women's standing competition and Arthur Bochet took Silver in the men's standing competition. With Benjamin Daviet's Gold medal in the 7.5km Biathlon les Bleus were off to a great start!!!

Day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games and another 3 medals for France! Silver for Benjamin Daviet and bronze for Thomas Clarion in the 20km Cross Country. Bronze for Cecile Hernandez in the Snowboarder Cross.

France would be entering 3 athletes in the biathlon today. Benjamin Daviet in the standing classification and Anthony Chalencon and Thomas Dubois in the visually impaired classification. France would come away with only one medal today, but it is a Gold in the standing classification - a race that was raced hard to a nail-biting finish all the way to line.

Rain in the mountains called a halt to competition in the Alpine and Nordic centres. So I hitched a ride down to Gangueng on the coast and covered the KOR v CAN Para Sledge Hockey match and some of the Wheelchair Curling at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games.

The medals keep coming in for France Paralympique! Marie's haul of Gold grows more and more and Arthur Bochet continues amassing piles of silver! Frederic Francois nabs another alpine skiing medal taking home a bronze.

Conditions were tough today. The snow was hard and icy with many boarders struggling to keep lines tight to the gates on the banked slalom course. France's Cecile Hernandez was hoping for Gold today and narrowly missed out right on the line on her third and best run of the day and had to settle for silver instead.

Two silver medals for France, today. Silver for Benjamin Daviet and silver for Cecile Hernandez! Team France's medal haul just keeps getting bigger! PyeongChang 2018 is shaping up to be France Paralympique's most successful Winter games yet!!!

The women's slalom was the last race in the Alpine program at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games. The question on all our lips at France Paralympique was whether or not Marie Bochet could win another Gold medal - her fourth of the games. And once again Marie dominated the discipline taking home Gold!!

Being the last race of the Alpine program the medal ceremony was held at the foot of the pistes in the Alpine Centre. For me this was one of the best podium's I shot of the entire games - I'll let the photos explain that one to you! Marie's fourth Gold medal of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games was something rather special!!

A beautiful light show and concert with traditional music and dance and, of course fireworks! Of course there was some K-Pop and the presentation of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games as well as the passing over of the Paralympic Flag to the Organising Committee of Beijing 2018. A great end to the best Winter Paralympic Games so far!